| Full name | The Role of Regulatory Frameworks in Ensuring the Sustainability of Community-Based Water and Sanitation |
|---|---|
| Organisation | Center for Regulation, Policy and Governance |
| Partners | UNESCO Centre for Water Law, Policy and Science, University of Dundee |
| Funder | Australia Indonesia Infrastructure Research Award, administered by the Indonesia Infrastructure Initiative (IndII) |
| Location | East Nusa Tenggara and East Java, Indonesia |
AIIRA is the name under which the Center for Regulation, Policy and Governance (CRPG) records The Role of Regulatory Frameworks in Ensuring the Sustainability of Community-Based Water and Sanitation, a research project on the legal and regulatory framework for water supply and sanitation services run by communities in Indonesia. CRPG carried it out with the UNESCO Centre for Water Law, Policy and Science at the University of Dundee under an Australia Indonesia Infrastructure Research Award (AIIRA), administered by the Indonesia Infrastructure Initiative (IndII).[1] Its subject, community-based systems alongside regional water utilities, falls within drinking water supply regulation in Indonesia and, for sanitation, wastewater and sanitation regulation in Indonesia.
According to CRPG's project page, the research assessed national legislation, policies, regional regulations and other regulatory frameworks concerning community-based water and sanitation, and included field studies in East Nusa Tenggara and East Java. Its outputs, listed on the page, were a full report, a concise report in Indonesian and English, workshop and conference presentations, and the records of focus-group discussions held between November 2014 and March 2015.[1:1]
IndII was an Australian Government programme, budgeted at A$239.4 million for 2007 to 2017, that supported the Indonesian government in addressing constraints on infrastructure investment and service delivery, with a focus on water and sanitation, roads and transport, and cross-cutting policy and regulation.[2] CRPG's page describes the award as the Australia Indonesia Infrastructure Research Award, administered by IndII, and names the University of Dundee's UNESCO Centre for Water Law, Policy and Science as its partner in the research.[1:2]
The project page states that the research examined the regulatory framework for community-based water and sanitation at national and regional level, and that it undertook two field studies. In East Nusa Tenggara the fieldwork covered Maukaro and Pulau Ende, with interviews in the city of Ende and in Kupang; in East Java it covered Lamongan, with interviews in Surabaya.[1:3]
The page links a set of related articles that CRPG published on the research. Their subjects, as the page describes them, were a 2013 draft paper on integrating community-based water services into the legal framework; the influence of adat (customary law) on community-based water projects in East Nusa Tenggara; a village water organisation in East Java and its year-end reporting; the conflict and possible cooperation between community-based providers and regional water utilities (Perusahaan Daerah Air Minum, PDAM); and the argument that regional autonomy as implemented in Indonesia may have impeded the development and sustainability of community-based water and sanitation.[1:4]
The page records local focus-group discussions on the regulation and sustainability of community-based water supply and sanitation (AMPL berbasis masyarakat) in Kupang on 20 November 2014 and in Lamongan on 26 January 2015, a workshop in Bogor on 8 February 2015 at which the analytical framework and report outline were presented, and a second national focus-group discussion in Jakarta on 26 March 2015 at which recommendations for a regulatory framework were presented. The findings were presented at an AIIRA conference in Jakarta on 7 July 2016. Among the workshop materials was a presentation on Pro Air, a rural water supply and sanitation project in East Nusa Tenggara registered as a project of the German development bank KfW.[1:5]
CRPG later took part in KONEKSI, a 2023–2024 research project on the climate resilience of community-based rural water supply.[3]
K36[E] "AIIRA", CRPG, crpg.id, 17 December 2018. https://crpg.id/aiira/ CRPG's own project page, cited for the project's partners, funding, fieldwork, outputs and events. ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎
[E] "Effective economic institutions and infrastructure in Indonesia", Australian Embassy Indonesia, indonesia.embassy.gov.au, entry "Indonesia Infrastructure Initiative (IndII), $239.4 million, 2007-2017". https://indonesia.embassy.gov.au/jakt/cooperation-1.html ↩︎
[E] "KONEKSI", CRPG, crpg.id, 25 July 2023. https://crpg.id/koneksi/ CRPG's own project page. ↩︎